Two men who had counterfeit Tongan currency were caught when one used a shoddy counterfeit $20 to pay for petrol. In the Supreme Court of Tonga today, Sione Songo’imoli (44) and Tupou Haupeakui (30) received jail sentences for convictions on charges that included making counterfeit currency up to $3,605 pa'anga.
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Tuesday 18 June 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 10 October 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Counterfeit $20, $50 and $100 pa'anga notes have recently been found in Tonga, the National Reserve Bank of Tonga has warned.
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Saturday 10 September 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two men have been arrested in the seizure of counterfeit Tongan currency from a home at Popua this week. Tonga Police asked the public to report any fake currency in circulation.
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Thursday 25 February 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Soane was found guilty of three counts of uttering counterfeit currency at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court. He will be sentenced on April 1. The $50 and $100 were obviously fake “the notes represented a patently amateurish attempt,” said the judge.
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Tuesday 4 February 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Counterfeit $50 and $10 pa'anga notes found in Tonga lack watermarks and security threads, the National Reserve Bank of Tonga warns.
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